What is the biggest girl group song of all time in Korea?

Gee

Honestly I think Into the New World. You hear that song to this day. I was at Seoul Pride last year and it was played. Also the year before that. It is also common in kpop oriented bars not so much clubs though. Cant dance to the song much.

International Fifty Fifty's Cupid might unironically be there biggest hit ever at least in America for girl group song.

I never understad why people ask about someting "in Korea" in this forum. Does it look like we are korean living in SK or what?

And what is the queastion anyway? The song we think is the best? Most important?

But okay... Gee I guess

Gee and is not even close

I voted for Gee but was definitely thinking about Tell Me and Cheer Up too. I feel like those 3 songs are the most recognized throughout many generations of people

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Stop being such a bore. I don't think I've ever seen you not post something negative or critical. Like ever. Relax. It's K-Pop.

Not even close? And you call yourself a Once?

It's been almost 8 years and I still have SHY SHY SHY living in my head rent free

I love Twice too but Gee was more iconic if you ask me, SNSD was everywhere the colorful skinny jeans were everywhere and it was the song that made SNSD become number one, it is not even my favorite song but you can't deny how big it was

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I'm now curious what it would take for the people who have voted for Gee to admit a song has surpassed it.

I know that answer isn't the same for everyone, but what bar would have to be cleared for you to say, "Okay. This is a bigger national hit than even Gee."

Or maybe it hasn't been surpassed and you are dluling yourself into thinking it has?

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Gee by far anybody who said anything else is delusional

with tell me and Into the new world as very close second

Never hear Gee anymore anywhere. Still hear into the new world.

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Gee by far anybody who said anything else is delusional

Roly Poly performed bettter.

No 4th gen group songs should even be here. It is way too soon to compare them to Gee, Tell Me, Cheer Up and the like.

Probably Gee. To me it's the quentisential "kpop" song.

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I'm now curious what it would take for the people who have voted for Gee to admit a song has surpassed it.

I know that answer isn't the same for everyone, but what bar would have to be cleared for you to say, "Okay. This is a bigger national hit than even Gee."

I don't think any song has surpassed Gee when it comes to impact and recognition. I even remember reading somewhere that Gee was titled the Song of the Decade (meaning out of all songs from 2000-2009), i think that title was given by MelOn

Hype Boy

Gee

Wiggle Wiggle

gee gee baby baby

I don’t really like the song but it’s gee I think. I don’t think kpop is even that big of a phenomenon in Korea any more as much as it was during gee era. it doesn’t matter how many weeks current songs charts by default they aren’t as popular as gee was.

Ofc internationally we have blackpink songs I guess.

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I'm now curious what it would take for the people who have voted for Gee to admit a song has surpassed it.

I know that answer isn't the same for everyone, but what bar would have to be cleared for you to say, "Okay. This is a bigger national hit than even Gee."

Girls generation had the ability to pull some of the highest tv ratings ever for their performances. A hit by them feels much bigger than anything 3rd or 4th gen have done in kpop.

I don’t think relevance like that even exists any more.

I came from 2045 and It's Hype Boy

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This answer will probably always be heavily influenced by demographic, like a Gallup poll.

In 10 years, maybe the overwhelming majority would say Cheer Up or D4. In 15 years, I bet a lot of people would say Hype Boy or Ditto.

Not really no. Gallup doesn’t tell us relative popularity across years.

Absolutely these past few years NJ or BP or twice will have top songs. Every year will have its own hits.

But won’t change the fact that current #1 songs are not as big as #1 song of the past.

I think it’s very obvious kpop idols are not as popular as they were.

I thought everyone agreed kpop and esp idols feel a lot less relevant in Korea than it used to be why did I think this was a popular opinion lol.

Reporting everyone who did not vote Gee

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I've been to Seoul twice, and while that doesn't give me any leg to stand on compared to people actually living there, at least in 2017 and 2018, K-Pop was literally everywhere.

Even in 2018, I was able to film and upload a video of all the times I heard just Mamamoo songs on the streets.

And based on what people who live there currently have said, NewJeans and IVE are absolutely everywhere. And if you look at my Circle Digital Year-End thread, we have actually never seen girl groups occupy so many top song rankings.

Heck, traditionally big name soloists and groups not labeled K-Pop, like Dean, Heize, Melomance, Epik High, to name a few, didn't make nearly the same impact chart-wise as they did in years prior, while the girls...

I agree on boy groups though. LOL. 4th gen has been pathetic compared to all the previous generations.

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Seeing things every where is just promo either paid by fans or by company. I feel “people” don’t care about kpop the way they used to including GG’s.

Let’s agree to disagree I guess. Lol.

I think gee will continue to be named the “biggest” kpop hit even 10 year from now.

To add:

I hated that song Gee but it was everywhere and despite my dislike of it, I found my self singing 'Geegeegee baby'. It's still on my bro's playlist to date.

Safe to say Gee.

Agree with the user that kpop was just much more mainstream and pervasive back in SNSD days so Gee will be very hard to beat.

I find it interesting how Gallup’s “overall” ranking that gets quoted now is the result of the 13-39 age group answers as there’s now a larger gap between what people listen to.

Even in 2016 the overall ranking was determined by the result of the 13 to 59 age groups (only reason Im Chang-jung was above Twice, if it was calculated like it has been in recent years Twice would have “topped” Gallup) but as the results get more skewed they seem to have switched how they show the results.

If you look at 2010, 33% in their 40s and 25.1% in their 50s chose SNSD as their favourite group

BTS this year had 9% in the 40s bracket and New Jeans 6% (couldn’t find the 50s numbers)

In 2020 which was after BTS’s biggest hit they were 18.7% in the 40s and not in the top 10 in the 50s (which needed more than 7.4%).

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What also influenced my "generational gaps" take is a YT video I watched of two different groups of K-Pop fans doing a "Guess That Song" game--one group was people in their 30s and the other was 3 high school kids.

I was shocked how some iconic songs that aren't that old to me weren't instant guesses by the kids....and likewise, the 30somethings couldn't instantly identify top songs from today.

There is going to be a whole generation of fans who grew up doing Hype Boy dance challenges or copying the meme.

We can agree to disagree, but I'm not really trying to argue with you. It's just my perspective on it.

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No I’m absolutely sure kids/teens these days will say hype boy over gee that wasn’t my point.

I think there were MORE kids into gee than kids into hype boy or any idol song now.

There is less people caring about idols now than before.

Gee

And dont think it will be beat really, not because the song was better or kpop was more popular back then (i dont think it was, just look at what songs dominated 2023 charts), but the consumption of media is so much more split between ages, services , etc.

Less and less people watching tv, listening to radio or putting on melon top 100 chart as their playlist. Imo no song released today, no matter how big, can reach the same level of public awarness like the sotys of 2000/2010s could at the time.

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I even remember reading somewhere that Gee was titled the Song of the Decade (meaning out of all songs from 2000-2009), i think that title was given by MelOn

Not too long ago, Melon released a "T‍op 100 K-pop Masterpieces" ranking, and I actually created a thread on the topic. Shown below are all the g‍irl group songs included in their list. I've also colour-coded the songs by generation; note how the Second Generation dominates.

#88. F‍in.K.L – 내 남자 친구에게 (To My Boyfriend) [1998]

#86. S‍.E.S. – D‍reams Come True [1998]

#85. R‍ed Velvet – Psycho [2019]

#84. L‍ovelyz – Ah-Choo [2015]

#83. M‍amamoo – Um Oh Ah Yeh [2015]

#76. After School – Bang! [2010]

#71. S‍istar – 나혼자 (A‍lone) [2012]

#69. L‍oona – Butterfly [2019]

#66. G‍Friend – 시간을 달려서 (Rough) [2016]

#64. T-a‍ra – Roly-Poly [2011]

#63. Orange Caramel – Catallena [2014]

#60. I‍tzy – Dalla Dalla [2019]

#57. F‍in.K.L – 영원한 사랑 (F‍orever Love) [1999]

#56. Twice – TT [2016]

#55. f(x) – 첫 사랑니 (Rum Pum Pum Pum) [2013]

#52. O‍h M‍y Girl – 비밀정원 (Secret Garden) [2018]

#49. (G)I-dle – Lion [2019]

#48. I‍z*One – Fiesta [2020]

#45. f(x) – NU 예삐오 (Nu ABO) [2010]

#42. E‍XID – 위아래 (Up & Down) [2014]

#40. f(x) – 4 Walls [2015]

#38. Baby V.O.X – G‍et Up [1999]

#37. 2‍NE1 – Fire [2009]

#33. Girls' Generation – I Got a Boy [2013]

#31. Twice – Cheer Up [2016]

#27. W‍onder Girls – Nobody [2008]

#2‍6. M‍iss A – Bad Girl Good Girl [2010]

#20. R‍ed Velvet – 빨‍간 맛 (Red Flavor) [2017]

#18. K‍a‍ra – Mister [2009]

#14. S‍.E.S. – ('Cause) I'm Your Girl [1997]

#13. B‍lackpink – Ddu-Du Ddu-Du [2018]

#9. W‍onder Girls – Tell Me [2007]

#8. B‍rown Eyed Girls – Abracadabra [2009]

#7. 2‍NE1 – 내가 제일 잘 나가 (I Am the Best) [2011]

#6. Girls' Generation – 다시 만난 세계 (Into the N‍ew World) [2007]

#5. Girls' Generation – Gee [2009]

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Not too long ago, Melon released a "T‍op 100 K-pop Masterpieces" ranking, and I actually created a thread on the topic. Shown below are all the g‍irl group songs included in their list. I've also colour-coded the songs by generation; note how the Second Generation dominates.

#88. F‍in.K.L – 내 남자 친구에게 (To My Boyfriend) [1998]

#86. S‍.E.S. – D‍reams Come True [1998]

#85. R‍ed Velvet – Psycho [2019]

#84. L‍ovelyz – Ah-Choo [2015]

#83. M‍amamoo – Um Oh Ah Yeh [2015]

#76. After School – Bang! [2010]

#71. S‍istar – 나혼자 (A‍lone) [2012]

#69. L‍oona – Butterfly [2019]

#66. G‍Friend – 시간을 달려서 (Rough) [2016]

#64. T-a‍ra – Roly-Poly [2011]

#63. Orange Caramel – Catallena [2014]

#60. I‍tzy – Dalla Dalla [2019]

#57. F‍in.K.L – 영원한 사랑 (F‍orever Love) [1999]

#56. Twice – TT [2016]

#55. f(x) – 첫 사랑니 (Rum Pum Pum Pum) [2013]

#52. O‍h M‍y Girl – 비밀정원 (Secret Garden) [2018]

#49. (G)I-dle – Lion [2019]

#48. I‍z*One – Fiesta [2020]

#45. f(x) – NU 예삐오 (Nu ABO) [2010]

#42. E‍XID – 위아래 (Up & Down) [2014]

#40. f(x) – 4 Walls [2015]

#38. Baby V.O.X – G‍et Up [1999]

#37. 2‍NE1 – Fire [2009]

#33. Girls' Generation – I Got a Boy [2013]

#31. Twice – Cheer Up [2016]

#27. W‍onder Girls – Nobody [2008]

#2‍6. M‍iss A – Bad Girl Good Girl [2010]

#20. R‍ed Velvet – 빨‍간 맛 (Red Flavor) [2017]

#18. K‍a‍ra – Mister [2009]

#14. S‍.E.S. – ('Cause) I'm Your Girl [1997]

#13. B‍lackpink – Ddu-Du Ddu-Du [2018]

#9. W‍onder Girls – Tell Me [2007]

#8. B‍rown Eyed Girls – Abracadabra [2009]

#7. 2‍NE1 – 내가 제일 잘 나가 (I Am the Best) [2011]

#6. Girls' Generation – 다시 만난 세계 (Into the N‍ew World) [2007]

#5. Girls' Generation – Gee [2009]

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damnnn that list is actually good! like all of these songs are top tier wow

although i would've personally ranked loona, red velvet, f(x) and s.e.s much much higher